The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful
1956 French film
- Philippe Agostini
- Juliette Saint-Giniez
- Brigitte Bardot
- Micheline Presle
- Louis Jourdan
Production
companies
companies
- Generale de Films
- Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Release date
- 26 October 1956 (1956-10-26)
Running time
The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (French: La mariée est trop belle) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Pierre Gaspard-Huit and starring Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan.[2] It is also known by the alternative title of Her Bridal Night.[3]
The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Odette Joyeux. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Saint-Émilion in Southern France. The sets were designed by art director Jean d'Eaubonne.
Plot
A rural girl discovered by a Paris magazine becomes an urban supermodel.
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot as Catherine Ravaud, aka Chouchou
- Micheline Presle as Judith Aurigault
- Louis Jourdan as Michel Bellanger
- Marcel Amont as Toni
- Jean-François Calvé as Patrice
- Roger Dumas as Marc
- Madeleine Lambert as Agnès
- Marcelle Arnold as Mme Victoire
- Colette Régis as Yvonne
- Roger Tréville as M. Designy
- Annie Roudier as La cuisinière
- Nicole Gueden as Juliette
- Dominique Boschero
References
Bibliography
- Phillips, Alastair & Vincendeau, Ginette. Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood. British Film Institute, 2006.
External links
- The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful at IMDb
- Crowther, Bosley (January 21, 1958). "La Mari e est trop belle (1956) Screen: Brigitte Bardot; Stars in 'The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful'". The New York Times.
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